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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelA true movie rarity: a brutally honest romance. If you loved "Sleepless in Seattle," you'll just hate it.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTouching, funny, sweet, and most important of all, real -- a welcome breath of fresh air.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe hit-and-run outlandishness of "Clerks" was a stunt. With Chasing Amy, Smith has made his first real movie.
- 75Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadaySmith shows the grasp of character and offbeat humor that really registered in "Clerks," and a subtler mastery of film fluidity and professionalism than anything in the cheesy, amateurish "Mallrats."
- 70Film.comSean MeansFilm.comSean MeansWhat Smith does best in Chasing Amy is write clever, raunchy and emotionally true-to-life dialogue.
- 70L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisSmith has created the raunchiest romantic comedy in recent American film, and one of the most good-natured.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyMuch of the dialogue is good, and Smith does a decent job of presenting the emotional fallout from every major participant's p.o.v.
- 70SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorThe only romantic comedy in quite a while that acknowledges, even celebrates, the fact that love and sex are emotional anarchy.
- 50TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceA romantic comedy distinguished by the particular roadblocks writer/director Kevin Smith throws up in front of his characters.
- 38San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonThe intention is there, but the needed emotional maturity isn't.